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Logrolling is the process by which politicians trade support for one issue or piece of legislation in exchange for another politician's support, especially by means of legislative votes (Holcombe 2006 [5]). If a legislator logrolls, he initiates the trade of votes for one particular act or bill in order to secure votes on behalf of another act ...
Californian police agents dump illegal alcohol in 1925, prohibition-era photo courtesy Orange County Archives.. Bootleggers and Baptists is a concept put forth by regulatory economist Bruce Yandle, [1] derived from the observation that regulations are supported both by groups that want the ostensible purpose of the regulation, and by groups that profit from undermining that purpose.
In a further development of meaning, horse trading has come to refer specifically to political vote trading. This is now the most common sense of the term, largely displacing the older term, logrolling. In some languages political bargaining is known as "cow trading" (German: Kuhhandel, Swedish: Kohandel, Finnish: Lehmänkauppa).
In the U.S. Congress, riders have been a traditional method for members of Congress to advance controversial measures without building coalitions specifically in support of them, allowing the measure to move through the legislative process: "By combining measures, the legislative leadership can force members to accept a measure that might not survive alone because they want the entire bill to ...
International trade law is based on theories of economic liberalism developed in Europe and later the United States from the 18th century onwards. [9] International Trade Law is an aggregate of legal rules of "international legislation" and new lex mercatoria, regulating relations in international trade.
The contemporary logrolling contest, Birling, is a demonstration of skills originally devised by log drivers. [10] Inclusive description of a complex assortment as "the whole Mary Anne" derives from the colorful characters of wangan caravans which periodically transformed quiet rural communities with the excitement of a passing log drive.
The idea that law is relevant to economic and social development goes back 250 years. Adam Smith stated in his Lectures on Jurisprudence that “the imperfection of the law and the uncertainty in its application” was a factor that retarded commerce. [1]
Logrolling is trading of favors, especially in politics. Logrolling, log rolling, or log roll may also refer to: Logrolling (sport), sport involving balancing on submerged wooden logs; A stage of log driving, literal rolling of logs; Logrolling (medicine), moving a patient without flexing the patient's spine; Pecan log roll, a confectionery